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Interviews for Top Jobs at Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Sales Representative (69)
- Customer Service Representative (50)
- Claims Specialist (25)
- Claims Adjuster (23)
- Intern (17)
- Product Management (14)
- IT Analyst (14)
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- Claims Intern (7)
- Business Systems Analyst (7)
- Associate Claims Case Manager (7)
- Analyst Development Program (6)
- Claims Training Program (6)
- Inside Auto Claims Representative (6)
- Associate Consultant (6)
- Project Manager (6)
- Financial Analyst (6)
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
long process. Liberty Mutual has 2-3 interviews before they decide to choose someone. There is an online exam, cold calling, then a final interview with branch manager and area manager.
Interview Questions
- Cold calling 1 Answer
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No OfferNegative ExperienceAverage InterviewApplication
I applied online. The process took a week – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Clifton Park, NY) in January 2014.
A recruiter emailed me and established an over the phone interview. After the over the phone interview I was asked to attend an in person interview.
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- "I've had people who have worked in cell phones work for me before, they didn't work out so well". "No offense, but your generation seems to think that everyone is entitled to a job without doing any work beforehand." Answer Question
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance in January 2014.
After a 90 minute online assessment, 1 phone interview 3 in person interviews, 1 job shadow and 1 call shadow that I performed very well on the Area Manager and Manager both wanted me to start as soon as possible. My background and experience were exactly what they needed and I also had the benefit of having recommendations from a current employee. This all seemed great until the background check. Long story short I was denied due a very common credit issue that occurred post relationship. Most companies will say that they don't make hiring decisions based solely on credit but Liberty Mutual does and they should make that very clear upfront due to the length of their process. Everything else checked out fine and my job history and experience are great. Consistent high performer and plenty of documentation to validate. Even the recruiter had to admit this policy is counter productive. I think they need to inform applicants at the beginning of the process as to not waste their time. In my opinion, credit checks are a form of discrimination and need to be done away with. On the surface they may make sense, but if you stop and think about it they are flawed. It's selling insurance and doesn't require a security clearance.
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- There were no extremely difficult questions just a lot of behavioral questions. Answer Question
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No OfferNegative ExperienceEasy InterviewApplication
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Uniondale, NY).
5 Lessons
Lesson 1 Application
Lesson 2 Math and Skills Test
Lesson 3 Short 5-10 min phone convo
Lesson 4 Longer more in depth convo about salary what you will doing meeting and whether you will move on
Lesson 5 1-1 convo about the company who usual BS -
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I applied online – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Brentwood, TN) in March 2013.
Had a great phone interview and first interview went very well. Was called back same day for second interview. Before the second interview happened , I was called from the Brentwood TN office and was told the meeting had to be cancelled and rescheduled.
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No OfferNeutral ExperienceDifficult InterviewApplication
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Boston, MA) in May 2011.
I was referred by a current employee for a Agent position at Liberty Mutual. I've heard mixed reviews of working there, but I needed a change and they seem like a good company to work for starting up in business. I applied VIA referral link, was then contacted by a recruiter and spoke with her for a few minutes. It was basically her telling me I had to go online and take their assessment test. I took that, which took a good hour and a half. The test was some math, some business questions, and a lot of personality questions making sure that you consistant and honest throughout.
A couple of days after completing the test I was again called by the same recruiter and was scheduled for a phone interview with a HR Rep. The phone interview was about 45 minutes. I was asked all the standard interview questions, and even more sales questions (name a sale that you're proud of, tell me about relationships that you've made and why they're important, how do you plan to create your own business with the company, etc.) then a 10 minute breakdown on the position itself. I was told by the HR rep that he thought I'd be a great fit and to expect a call in the next day or two to schedule a face to face interview with the hiring manager. Never heard from them again, so I'm guessing they filled the position.Interview Questions
- Tell me about a sales relationship you have, how it started, how you've maintained it, and why you're proud of it... Answer Question
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No OfferNeutral ExperienceDifficult InterviewApplication
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (The Woodlands, TX) in March 2011.
The interview process is extremely long because they are looking for agents who will stay with the company from hire to retire. So be sure you have the time and patiences if you want to be a Liberty Mutual Insurance Agent.
The interview process in order: personality screening, phone interview with a headhunter,1:1 with the Office Manager, 1:1 with the Regional Manager, then you come up with a business plan, Panel Review, Offer.
Unfortunately I did not get an offer, although, I would say it is probably one of the best career opportunities for an insurance agent. Good base, benefits, capped commission, 401k,, and PENSION!
Negative: Liberty Mutual pushes agents to sell their products to their family and friends.Interview Questions
- Describe to me a time when you and a group were working on a project and you took leadership of your group. And what were the end results? Answer Question
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No OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage InterviewApplication
The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (New York, NY) in June 2010.
Long intelligence test online, then phone interview. Asked typical interview questions, called in for a one on one interview. Again questions were not too hard, standard behavioral questions.
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- Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Answer Question
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (Buffalo, NY) in January 2010.
I started with one face to face interview. The next step was an interview with the regional manager. The initial interview with the area manager was a piece of cake. The regional manager interview was very stressful. After being hired, then studying and taking the property/casualty, and life insurance licensing exams.
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- I was asked many difficult questions that were taken right out of an interview book of standard difficult questions. Answer Question
I didn't have a chance to negotiate because they had a structured earnings plan.
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I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Liberty Mutual Insurance (New Castle, PA) in January 2010.
Attended open house after submitted resume online. Was interviewed immediate while attending open house in a very informal, relaxed manner. Able to be very conversational with the interviewer during this interaction. Was able to freely ask questions about the company and role for which I was applying for. Was then taken to a computer and asked to complete the same assessment I had previously taken when applying for the position online.
Second interview was more formal. The interviewer asked specific questions about a number of previous job experiences. Interviewer wanted to know what the experience was, how I/other parties handled the situation, and how it was resolved. Reviewed resume in detail. Was advised would receive a follow up call to provide further information about status of application for employment. Received the phone call within a week and started within the month.Interview Questions
- Was asked to explain a difficult situation with co-worker that I had to work through, resolve, or overcome. Answer Question
I did not negotiate the offer. It was accepted as is, under the company's terms.
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Dec 3, 2012With Bish Bosch, Walker creates a kind of Möbius Strip: by virtue of creating a less physical sonic landscape, he provides a way into his great trilogy on his way out of it.
Nov 29, 2012It might not encourage repeat plays, but to dismiss it as a racket is to do it, and its maker, a huge disservice.
Dec 3, 2012The album is a widening and a deepening of the style we've come to expect of Walker – but it's also got elements of a brightening of that sound as well.
Dec 6, 2012It's not just that it's larded with harsh dissonance; the compositions, arrangements, poesy, and performances come at the listener in discrete shards.
Dec 6, 2012While Bish Bosch may not be the most easy album to digest, it doesn't lack for talent or shock value.
Nov 30, 2012It's a bastard of a listen--a rare, tough piece of meat too savory to spit and toss aside.
Dec 3, 2012Given time and patience, it will eventually unravel into a truly gripping that, although disturbing, is worth every minute of your time.
Nov 30, 2012Bish Bosch really is his beautiful, dark and twisted fantasy made manifest.
Nov 30, 2012[Walker] is stronger and scarier than ever on his violently gorgeous 14th album. [7 Dec 2012, p.75]
Dec 4, 2012Scott Walker is one of the true geniuses of modern music and the treasures are as rich as ever for those prepared to go the distance.
Nov 27, 2012What's really amazing about Bish Bosch is that all of its myriad components are somehow pulled in to exist on the same insane planet.
Nov 27, 2012It's still one giant leap into the unknown, with all the notions of genre once again gleefully sidestepped. [Dec 2012, p.82]
Nov 27, 2012Whereas Walker seemed to grasp something on that album [The Drift], here he seems restless and inconsistent, but his continuing artistic quest remains peerless and fascinating.
Jan 15, 2013How anyone outside the walls of a mental asylum could genuinely enjoy the annoyingly repetitive industrial drum-throbs, aimless experimento-guitar crunches and lyrics about "reeking gonads" that characterise songs called things like 'Epizootics!' is beyond me.
Dec 20, 2012Bish Bosch is a wilder, more scattered (and scatty, in the case of Epizootics!, ten minutes of sax-driven jazz which could almost be seen as accessible, if it wasn't so dark and threatening) work than its immediate predecessors.
Dec 4, 2012Tonally, however, Bish Bosch offers nothing dramatically new, just (a lot more) of what Walker's done before.
Dec 3, 2012As much as it can sound like it stands alone, Bish Bosch is part of a tradition of music that tried to find new ways to articulate that same old misery.
Dec 3, 2012It's an anti-spectacle, but also an anti-mystery. Because you drawn to return to it, to find the details and hidden gems that make you feel this music deeply-for better or worse-even as you know there's no clear answer.
Dec 11, 2012Bish Bosch is an album even fans won't necessarily play often, but on those special occasions, as per title, it very much does the job. [Jan 2013, p.104]
Dec 3, 2012Bish Bosch may sound a little strained at times, but it's still a big, ballsy achievement, the work of a committed artist delving further into a land of vaguely sketched nightmares.
Dec 6, 2012Bish Bosch is Walker's most accessible (extremely relatively speaking) work since Climate.
Jan 2, 2013Bish Bosch is as much about challenging the people that absorbed and accepted Tilt and The Drift as it is challenging the rest of the world--and while that makes it consistent with all his work since Nite Flights, each subsequent album giving his fan base another hurdle to overcome, it also gives it a thrill that's unique to both his discography and the majority of the music you could compare it to. If, indeed, there is any.
Nov 27, 2012Call it what you want, just be prepared to call it something other than music.
Nov 29, 2012Whichever side of the fence you fall on, you'd be hard-pushed to claim there's anything else remotely like the album itself.
Nov 30, 2012There is a strangely addictive quality to hearing something quite so aggressively sui generis as this.
Dec 3, 2012Walker is almost unique among his generation in continuing to provide mind-food instead of cosy nostalgia. If you go into Bish Bosch half-wishing he'd belt out a ballad, you leave it with absolutely no regrets.
Dec 3, 2012The album can be heavy going, with or without a dictionary, but its sheer, lapidary obsessiveness provides its own rewards.
Dec 3, 2012Walker is much more interested in how the beauty of his voice can serve declamation and confrontation; but you sometimes recoil from this mannered anti-croon.
Dec 7, 2012This is an album of a depth and ambition that should, frankly, set a standard for contemporary art music.
Dec 7, 2012The album's primary emotion of disgust is cushioned by performances and production so luxurious as to be sinister. [Dec 2012, p.63]
Nov 30, 2012This very refusal to cohere, to make sense, to play the game of identity and otherness, of harmony and disharmony, makes Bish Bosch this year's only necessary work of art.
Nov 27, 2012Throughout, there's evident delight in lexicographical obscurity that echoes James Joyce or Will Self: no bad thing in itself, though when allied to the sometimes impermeable, abstract constructions, the results can be frustratingly opaque. [Dec 2012, p.61]
Nov 30, 2012Listeners that can't stand the noise can just move on to the next pop record. Walker is in a whole different dimension. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.126]
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'Trapped' in Sing-Sing: Transgendered Prisoners Caught in the Gender BinarismDarren RosenblumPace Law School Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Vol. 6, 2000 Abstract: This Article examines the multitude of troubles confronting transgender prisoners, applying theoretical understandings of the relationship between gender and society. Many transgender prisoners have HIV, are people of color, are lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and/or are incarcerated for property crimes or prostitution related to their quest for transformation. Their condition demonstrates flaws both multiple and fundamental in the hierarchization of gender, sexual orientation, race, class, and deviance. Transgendered prisoners' position both behind bars and at society's bottom rung crystallize such problems into an array of intermingled and overwhelming legal dilemmas. This Article first summarizes gender, transgender identity, and legal issues facing transgender people to contextualize the lives of transgender prisoners, questioning the gender binarism used to distinguish "males" from "females." It then explores how corrections authorities, through indifference or incompetence, foster a shockingly inhumane daily existence for transgender prisoners in placement and treatment. We can understand the plight of transgender prisoners through the metaphor of the miners' canary. Transgender prisoners signal the grave dangers facing all of us in a wide array of social structures, elucidating the apparently intractable problems of gender. Number of Pages in PDF File: 70 Keywords: transgender, gender, prisons, prisoners rights Date posted: April 24, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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Since there is no way to know that it is beets (just a f'rinstance) , I think the key is variety. That way you will be sure to get some of "it" whatever it may be.
I was reading about how beets lower blood pressure and it got me thinking. If a person who would have had high blood pressure grows up eating beets daily, he may never suffer the problem. Another person might exist who eats whole foods and has the same condition (say it's genetic, not environmental, etc.) and gets all his micronutrient needs met, but simply misses out on beets, ends up with high blood pressure and dies early in spite of eating well.
I'm just wondering, how many of us might be clinging tightly to one food that keeps us in check without knowing it? I love my green apples for their life-extending properties, but what if they are also doing something else I am unaware of? Some other gnawing reason I simply MUST have them?
Clearly it's ridiculous to suggest that any given food will benefit an entire population, but there must be some regional genepools that have come to rely on local vegetation, right? Did my ancestors grow up in apple forests and develop a physiological trait that meant apples need to be consumed regularly?
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Since there is no way to know that it is beets (just a f'rinstance) , I think the key is variety. That way you will be sure to get some of "it" whatever it may be.
Your very question is why I never pay much attention to those "food X gives you all these benefits" reports. There really is no singular magic food without which your life will be shortened.
Female, 5'3", 50, Starting weight: 163lbs. Current weight: 135 (more or less).
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It's easy to get caught up in the supplement game this way, too. I was reading up on Resveratrol a couple years ago and thought that was the missing link and everyone needs to be getting it. I took Resvertrol pills faithfully for a long time, then ran out and never got any more. Now, I get my resveratrol from dark chocolate and wine every now and then.
Like Paleobird, I think variety is the key. Good meat, fish & eggs and all sorts of different types of plants, fruits, nuts, roots and tubers that will make up a well rounded diet. Not only that, just think of all those delicious different tastes!
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Gene Wood in an on-camera appearance on the finale of Card Sharks (from the Jim Perry era).
Born | Eugene Edward Wood October 20, 1925 Quincy, Massachusetts |
Died | May 21, 2004 Boston, Massachusetts |
(aged 78)
Cause of death
Lung Cancer |
Resting place
Cremated |
Occupation | Announcer Game show host |
Years active | 1965–1999 |
Eugene Edward "Gene" Wood (October 20, 1925 – May 21, 2004) was an American television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he announced many game shows, primarily Mark Goodson–Bill Todman productions such as Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password, and Beat the Clock. Wood also served a brief stint as a host on the latter show, and on another show entitled Anything You Can Do. After retiring from game shows in 1996, Wood worked as an announcer for the television channel Game Show Network, retiring from that in 1998.
Early life and career[edit]
Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Wood majored in speech and theater at Emerson College. His early career included stand-up comedy, television commercials, and writing for Bob Keeshan of Captain Kangaroo fame. This work included a Terrytoons-produced cartoon series that aired on the Captain Kangaroo show called The Adventures of Lariat Sam, for which Wood also supplied voices and sang the theme song. Wood also had a comedy career, often pairing with partner Bill Dana, performing their comedy act at nightclubs.[1]
Television work[edit]
His first role as a game show announcer came as a substitute on the ABC version of Supermarket Sweep in 1966 (though EOTVGS Vol. 2 says his first work as announcer was on the daytime version of Password); three years later, he began a long association with Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, where he worked on Beat the Clock as its announcer from 1969 to 1972; after the departure of the show's host, Jack Narz, Wood then took over as host of Beat the Clock, with Nick Holenreich serving as announcer. Wood hosted the 1971–1972 season of the short-lived game show Anything You Can Do, which featured teams of men competing against teams of women in stunts similar to Beat the Clock. He also appeared as a celebrity panelist on one week of Match Game in 1974.
By 1976, Wood had become a regular announcer for Goodson–Todman, working as voice-over for many of the company's game shows. In addition to his role as announcer, Wood regularly served as a warm-up act for the audiences on these shows, and often performed a series of comedy skits.
Among his most popular jobs was as announcer on the original version of Family Feud. The original version, hosted by Richard Dawson, ran on ABC from 1976 to 1985, and when Family Feud was revived in 1988 with Ray Combs as host, Wood announced on that version as well through the 1994-1995 season, during which Dawson returned as host. Another show for which he announced on both the original version and a revival was Card Sharks. The show's first incarnation, starring Jim Perry, ran from 1978 to 1981 on NBC, while two concurrent revivals (one on CBS and another in syndication, hosted by Bob Eubanks and Bill Rafferty, respectively) ran from 1986 to 1989. Wood announced the first few weeks of Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak on ABC, before being replaced by Double Dare's Marc Summers.
After the 1985 death of the original announcer Johnny Olson on the Bob Barker version of The Price Is Right, Wood was one of four interim announcers on that show, until Rod Roddy was chosen as Olson's successor. At that same time, Wood also announced on the nightly syndicated version hosted by Tom Kennedy that ran for the season. According to former producer Roger Dobkowitz, between Barker, Goodson & Dobkowitz, himself, felt that his voice was a little on the harsh side and was unsuitable for the show, despite his experience.[2] Gene returned to Price briefly in 1998 to read the summer rerun fee plugs. He also filled in for Olson, during the final weeks of the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of Body Language. Other shows on which Wood served as a regular announcer were Tattletales (CBS, 1974–1978), Double Dare (CBS, 1976–1977), Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (NBC, 1983–1984), Password Plus (NBC, 1979–1982), Super Password (NBC, 1984–1989), Love Connection (Syndication, 1985–1988), Classic Concentration (NBC, 1987–1991), and Win, Lose or Draw (Syndicated, 1987–1990). Prior to his retirement in the late 1990s, he also did voiceovers for the Game Show Network. To date, he announced 17 Goodson-Todman game shows, behind fellow Goodson-Todman announcer Johnny Olson, who announced 21. For reference, Burton Richardson has done two of the Goodson-Todman library, now owned by RTL Group.
Movie Writing[edit]
Wood wrote the narration for the 1965 film "The World of Abbott and Costello".
Wood retired to Adamsville, Rhode Island in the 1990s. He died of lung cancer in Boston, Massachusetts on May 21, 2004.[3]
- ^ Comedy Land: Bill Dana
- ^ http://sb2tlopg.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/interview-with-roger-dobkowitz-part-3/
- ^ "Gene Wood, 78, Game Show Announcer". The New York Times. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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EMIL FARKAS American Martial Arts Instructor, Author, Historian and Fight Coordinator
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Emil Farkas is an American martial arts instructor, author and fight coordinator. He started his martial arts career while still a youngster in Hungary where he was born. Before he was 20, he had earned his black belt in both Judo and Karate. Today Emil Farkas is one of America's most respected senseis and he is internationally recognized as one of the top authorities on the martial arts. He holds a 7th degree Black Belt in Karate, 4th degree Black Belt in Judo and a 4th degree Black Belt in Ju-Jitsu. Farkas worked as a bodyguard for numerous celebrities for many years Farkas and he is a noted expert in realistic street combat. He is also recognized as one of America's foremost historians on martial arts.
Emil Farkas has been involved in the martial arts for over 40 years. He came to the United States in 1965 and was one of the first martial artists to use his expertise to choreograph realistic fight sequences for films and television. When he isn't busy in film work, he teaches at his dojo, the Beverly Hills Karate Academy, which has been in the same location since 1970. Farkas has been dubbed as the "Sensei to the Stars" as he has worked with a large number of celebrities over the years. He currently specializes in teaching private lessons at his school or at private residences and among his students are some of the leading doctors, lawyers, bankers and motion picture executives in Los Angeles.
Emil Farkas has been writing articles since 1970 for every major martial arts publication worldwide and has authored a number of books, including "The Complete Martial Arts Catalogue" (Simon & Schuster), "Fight Back: A Woman's Guide to Self-Defense" (Holt), "The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary" (Viking), "Training & Fighting Skills with World Champion Benny Urquidez" (Unique Publications). He also co-wrote the most authoritative book on martial arts ever written "The Martial Arts Encyclopedia" (W.H. Smith). The most recent book by Emil Farkas is "An Illustrated History of Martial Arts in America 1900 to Present" (Pro-Action Publishing). The book contains almost 2,000 historical photos, many of which have never been in print before.
Emil Farkas co-wrote the original screenplay for the movie "Force 5" and wrote and co-produced the feature film "Vendetta." He has produced a set of six instructional tapes on Combat Shotokan and a set of five tapes on Combat Ju-Jitsu. Farkas has also released a video on Cane Fighting and one on Realistic Street Combat. He is now working on his newest video, "Simple Self-Defense for Children."
Emil Farkas and Benny "The Jet" Urquidez founded the Los Angeles Film Fighting Institute in 2000. It was one of the first schools of its type in the United States to teach martial artists the intricacies of stunt work. Farkas has been featured on the covers of over a dozen martial arts magazines in the United States and abroad and he has had dozens of articles written about him and his system of "Combat Shotokan."
Currently, Farkas is working on a major reference book, "The Martial Arts Book of Knowledge" and has recently finished a novel with Lynn Shippley with a martial arts theme, the book is called "Going For Silver."
In 1995 Farkas founded his own federation, The United International Martial Arts Federation, whose goal is to promote traditional martial arts worldwide.
Emil Farkas sits on the Board of Advisors for USADOJO.COM and he is very highly regarded as History Advisor.
In addition to his martial arts skills, Farkas is also an accomplished magician and is a member of the world- famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Overview: • Began martial arts at age eight • Received a black belt in Judo at 17, in Karate at 18 and Ju-Jitsu at age 20 • Currently holds black belts in Judo (4th degree), Karate (7th degree), and Ju-Jitsu (4th degree) • Hand-to-Hand combat instructor - Canadian Army • Women's self-defense instructor – UCLA Chief Instructor; Beverly Hills Karate Academy Chief Instructor; United International Martial Arts Federation • Has been on the cover of all major martial arts magazines including Black Belt Magazine, Karate Illustrated, World Karate, Inside Kung Fu, Combat, Fighters, Official Karate, Combat Karate and Budo. • Has appeared on dozens of national talk shows, including the Tonight Show, demonstrating martial arts. • In 1975, was chosen to the Who's Who in the Martial Arts • In 2000, was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame Author • The Complete Martial Arts Catalogue, Simon & Schuster • Fight Back. A Woman's Guide to Self-Defense, Holt, Reinhart, Winston • The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary, Viking • Training and Fighting Skills, Unique Publications • The Martial Arts Encyclopedia, W. H. Smith • An Illustrated History of Martial Arts in America, Pro-Action Publishing • Western Wrap-Up: monthly column for Official Karate Magazine • Book reviewer, Inside Kung-Fu Magazine
Farkas has written articles for every major martial arts magazine internationally since 1970
Screenplays • Force Five • Vendetta • The Golden Ninjas • Terror In Chinatown • Revenge for an Angel • Street Justice • The Magnificent 10
Has starred in five video tapes on Combat Shotokan, five video tapes on Combat Jujitsu, a street-fighting video tape and a video tape on cane fighting
Business • Beverly Hills Karate Academy – Owner • Trans-Euro Film Trust – Executive Director • National Self-Defense Institute – President • Los Angeles Film Fighting Institute – Co-founder • United International Martial Arts Federation – Founder • Ninja Magic Enterprises – Founder
Emil Farkas can be reached at: 9085 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90069 Telephone: (310) 275-2661 Email: email@example.com
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California Association for Bilingual Education: This site includes information about bilingual education issues in California, as well as related events, organizations and news.
California Department of Education Resources for English Learners: This site contains information about state policies related to English learners, as well as general reference information for bilingual education issues in the state.
The National Association for Bilingual Education: Founded in 1975, NABE is a nonprofit organization that addresses the educational needs of language-minority students in the U.S. and advances the language competencies and multicultural understanding of all Americans. This site provides information about NABE's work related to bilingual education.
Education Week, Bilingual Education: This useful summary from Education Week includes links to relevant organizations, news articles and features about bilingual education throughout the United States.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition: NCELA, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students, collects, analyzes and disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S. This site describes the organization's work and provides links to government resources in English language acquisition.
Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research: The CMMR is a research institution that studies and promotes issues related to bilingual education. This site provides links to papers and studies on the subject.
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Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, located in the Southcentral region. Anchorage is a cosmopolitan port city with a population of over 300,000. It is a consolidated city-borough referred to as a municipality. The urbanized city is defined by Muldoon Road to the east, Rabbit Creek Road to the south, and Cook Inlet to the north and west. Several small suburbs are within the Municipality of Anchorage while physically outside what most Anchorageites would call the "Anchorage" proper area. These include Eagle River and Chugiak to the north and Girdwood to the south.
Let's be clear, if you are looking for the "real Alaska" this is not it, but you can see it from there. Anchorage is a city. A real city with traffic, giant malls, tall buildings, crime and most other things one expects to find in an American city. It is an important hub and the gateway to other areas including the Alaskan Interior and the Kenai Peninsula, but is not really a "tourist destination" unto itself. While it is not the political capital of Alaska it is the economic capital. There are good places to eat and plenty of shopping, but the city itself is just that, a city. A great place to gear up for a trip, but it's not particularly "Alaskan" except for the weather.
Climate | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Daily highs (°F) | 22 | 28 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 65 | 62 | 55 | 40 | 28 | 24 |
Nightly lows (°F) | 9 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 41 | 28 | 16 | 11 |
Precipitation (in) | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 85 |
Alaska is well known for its winters—but most visitors come in the summer, when the days are long and the temperatures are moderate.
Many people consider the period between May and early September to be the best time to visit Anchorage. The month of June usually has the best combination of long days, good weather, and warm afternoons.
As you would expect in the high northern latitudes, the longest days come around the summer solstice, 21 June, and they get quite short around the winter solstice, 21 December.
In the summer, Anchorage gets 19.5 hours of sunlight. At the start of winter, Anchorage gets about 5 hours of sunlight each day. By February, the days begin to feel noticeably longer.
The Anchorage-area climate, including the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound, often sees summer temperatures in the mid-70s (24°C). Winter temperatures may fall into the -20s and -30s (-30s°C) for a short spell.
Get in[edit]
Anchorage is served by many major American airlines. Air travel is the cheapest and most efficient form of transportation in and out of the state. Non-stop flights are available from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Phoenix, and more locations in the summer. Many arriving and departing out-of-state flights are late-night "red-eyes," but there are often many daytime flights to and from Seattle. Anchorage recently completed extensive remodeling and construction at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC)[1] to help accommodate the upsurge in tourism (unofficial sources have estimated the numbers for 2004 at some four million tourists arriving in Alaska between May and September).
Anchorage is also accessible from the U.S. (locally referred to as "the Lower 48") and Canada via road. The Alaska Highway starts in northern British Columbia and terminates in Fairbanks. You can get to Anchorage via either the Parks Highway from Fairbanks or the Glenn Highway from Tok (the first major Alaskan town after crossing the Canadian border). The Seward Highway serves traffic entering Anchorage from the Kenai Peninsula to the south and its Alaska Marine Highway System terminals. Whittier has a ferry that goes directly to Juneau with a connection to Bellingham, Washington. The ferry ride takes 5 days.
Make sure to pick up a copy of The Milepost [2], which is widely regarded as the premier road guide for western Canada and Alaska. Most roads in these regions have small white posts every mile or so indicating the number of miles from the start of the road. The Milepost has extremely detailed route descriptions of all of the roads, pointing out everything from scenic viewpoints and campgrounds down to the names of small creeks the roads pass over. If you're flying in to Anchorage and then driving around the state, wait and pick up a copy of The Milepost at one of the local Costcos or WalMarts—the price there is around half of list price.
Many cruise lines provide transportation from their terminals to Anchorage and may even include tours or your return air travel out of the state.
Get around[edit]
While not nearly comparable to the size of major world cities (the city itself is several thousand square miles, but most of it is uninhabited and mountainous), the developed part of the Municipality of Anchorage is fairly spread out and not very walkable—with the exception of the compact downtown area.
Most of Anchorage is built on a grid system originally laid out by the railroad: numbered streets run east-west, starting at First Avenue in the extreme north of the city (at the Port and train depot) and ending up in the mid-hundreds at the south edge of town. Lettered streets run north-south, starting at A Street in the middle of downtown and going up to the west; east of A Street, the street names begin with sequential letters and are named after Alaskan cities and towns (Barrow, Cordova, Denali, etc.). This makes finding yourself on a map fairly easy, although the system gets less coherent outside of the downtown area. Note that the Seward Highway becomes Gambell and Ingra streets, while the Glenn Highway becomes 5th and 6th Avenues.
You'll often hear Anchorageites use the following terms when describing areas of town. These areas were originally separate communities that merged as the city grew.
- Downtown: the historic core of the city located at the northwestern tip next to the waterfront; home to most of the tourist activities, gift stores, hotels, and the railroad depot
- Midtown: the largely commercial area immediately south of Downtown roughly between 15th Avenue and Tudor Road (becoming more industrial south towards Dimond Boulevard)
- South Anchorage: Dimond Boulevard and south. Largely suburban and residential with some major commercial development west of the Seward Highway.
- West Anchorage: the area along the water southwest of Downtown, encompassing the historic Bootlegger's Cove and Turnagain residential areas and the famous Earthquake Park as well as the airport
- Spenard: smashed between Midtown and West Anchorage and spilling over and overlapping the boundaries a bit, it was formerly a separate city and catered to the racier aspects of Anchorage living. It's still a bit of a red-light district, especially along Spenard Road itself. Be careful at night. (The airport is at the extreme west end of the Anchorage peninsula and abuts the southwestern edge of Spenard.)
- East Anchorage: everything east of the Seward Highway and north of Tudor Road. Mostly residential; little of interest to the tourist except for the universities, hospitals, and (at the extreme northeastern corner) the Alaska Native Heritage Center.
- Hillside: part of South Anchorage, it's everything east of the Seward Highway and south of Abbott Road. Completely residential, and many homes there are on the ritzier side ($350k and up to over $1.5M, where the average home is about $220k). Anchorageites think of the Hillside like Angelenos do of Beverly Hills—if you own a home there, you must be doing well, even if the trees (or your snowmachine trailer) block your view of the lesser people below. Above the Hillside homes is the immense Chugach State Park, popular for easily accessible hiking. (The most-hiked mountain in Alaska, Flattop Mountain, is fairly easily accessed via the Glen Alps parking area at the top of Upper Huffman Road.)
- Eagle River, Chugiak, Peters Creek: suburbs north of the city. They provide access to Chugach State Park, especially Crow Creek Pass and Eklutna Lake.
- Bird, Indian, Girdwood: small communities south of the city along the Seward Highway. Very small, tourist-service oriented.
Anchorage's Ted Stevens International Airport is serviced by all of the major national rental car chains as well as a number of independents. A few companies have off-airport locations and may even offer courtesy shuttles (though these shuttles will not pick up from the airport). Renting from these locations avoids the 11-12% airport concession recovery fee and $4.81 per day airport facility fee. If you're renting for more than a few days, it might be worth the hassle to rent your vehicle at an off-airport location, which usually involves taxi rides or shuffling between hotel and rental car courtesy shuttles. Check with each agency or search off-airport rental cars using an online travel agency to see what cost savings may be available.
If you're arriving in the summer, plan ahead, as most rental companies are pretty much sold out from mid-June through the end of August. In the summer, cars are often not available without reservations, and even if they are, be prepared to pay top-dollar for them, especially four-wheel-drive vehicles. Renting a car in Alaska can be more expensive than pretty much anywhere else in the United States, ranging up to (and occasionally even over) $200 per day for a large vehicle sufficient to carry multiple passengers and outdoor gear during the peak season. In the dead of winter, however, you can sometimes grab a vehicle for under $10 per day.
Some of the major car rental companies serving the Anchorage area are:
- Alamo (in-terminal): +1 907-243-3406 [3]
- Avis (in-terminal and downtown): +1 907-243-2377 [4] http://avis.com
- Budget (in-terminal and midtown): +1 907-243-0150 [5] http://budget.com
- Dollar (in-terminal and midtown): +1 907-248-5338 [6]
- Enterprise (in-terminal, downtown, and midtown): +1 907-248-5526, +1 907-277-1600, +1 907-563-5050 [7]
- E-Z Rent-A-Car (midtown): +1 907-562-2292 [8]
- Hertz (in-terminal and downtown): +1 907-243-3308, +1 907-243-4118, +1 907-562-4595 [9]
- National (in-terminal): +1 907-243-3406 [10]
- Thrifty (in-terminal and midtown): +1 907-276-2855 [11] http://thrifty.com
Most airport rental agencies are open from about 5:30AM or 6AM to about 2AM (3AM at the latest) in the peak summer season. With the number of red-eye flights serving Anchorage, it's especially important to be sure your flight doesn't arrive after your rental agency closes. None of the major chains is open 24 hours, so the only option for after-hours arrivals is a cab or hotel shuttle to an area hotel or to sleep on a bench until the agencies open.
Two main taxi companies serve the Anchorage area: Alaska Yellow Cab (+1 907-222-2222) and Checker Cab (+1 907-276-1234). The airport maintains a taxi stand on the arrivals level. As of late 2007, the municipality-set rate for all taxis is $2 are the flag drop and $2.50 per mile; time based rate $.50 per minute. The average fare to downtown runs about $20 one-way.
Many hotels offer also courtesy shuttle vans that stop at the airport near the taxi stand. Several courtesy phone banks are located inside the baggage claim areas.
If you're determined to save money, you can use the PeopleMover, Anchorage's bus system. [12] As of late 2007, fares are $1.75 per trip or $4 for a day pass. Most bus routes have one bus in each direction per hour, but some routes increase it to two buses per hour during peak times. Buses are frequently late. Route 7A of the PeopleMover, Anchorage's bus system, has a stop located at the far south end of the airport taxi stand area. Every hour, there is one bus going downtown and one bus going to the Dimond Center mall in south Anchorage. If you're riding the bus to the airport, note that only Route 7A, not Route 7, stops at the airport. For more information, call the PeopleMover Ride Line at +1 907-343-6543 at [13].
Anchorage features an extremely well-developed bike trail system, with over 200 miles (320 km) of developed trails (120 of which are paved) winding their way throughout the city's parks and three green belts. The popular Tony Knowles Coastal Trail parallels the waterfront from Downtown to Kincaid Park near the airport. Several companies offer bike rentals and trail tours. In the winter, many of the trails are groomed and used as ski trails.
Drivers tend to be aggressive in Anchorage year round, and many of the roads are heavily damaged by severe winter conditions and the use of studded tires. If you are visiting in winter and not used to driving in winter conditions, be very cautious, do not pass, keep excessive following distance, and allow plenty of time to stop. If it's snowing, no matter what time of the day, have your headlights on (the Seward Highway south of Anchorage requires headlights to be on at all times). Keep in mind that a roadway covered with black ice may look completely dry but provide no traction whatsoever.
- Alaska Native Heritage Center, 8800 Heritage Center Dr, ☎ +1 907 330-8000. Summer (8 May-24 Sep) 9AM-6PM daily, Winter (29 Oct-16 Apr) Sa 10AM-5PM, $24.95, Seniors/Military $21.15, Children (Ages 7–16) $16.95, Children (6 and under) free. Culture Pass Joint Ticket (admission to Alaska Native Heritage Center AND Anchorage Museum) $26.95 (free shuttle between both museums). This is much more than just a static museum of glass display cases. The various native Alaskan cultures are all represented in this center. A large stage holds native dance performances as well as other types of events for visitors. Behind the center, a short trail around the lake takes you to several stations that show aspects of life in each of the native Alaskan cultures with native guides with short demonstrations and happily answering questions. Back inside, many items such as artwork, kayaks and ulu knives are on display. A small theater runs various films and there is a gift shop (with a second location in downtown Anchorage).
- Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, ☎ +1 907 783-2025. 43 mi (69 km) south of Anchorage on Seward Hwy (mile 79). Apr-May 10AM-6PM, May-Sep 8AM-8PM, Sep-May 10AM-5PM, $12.50, Children 4-12 $9, Seniors 65+ $9, Active Military w/ID $9, Max charge per vehicle $35. AWCC provides refuge for orphaned, injured or ill animals. Visitors drive through the park and see animals large fenced habitat areas including bears, eagles, elk, moose, bison, and more.
- Anchorage Museum, 121 W 7th Ave, ☎ +1 907 343-6173. Summer (15 May-15 Sep) 9AM-6PM, open until 9PM on Th, Winter (16 Sep-14 May) Tu-Sa 10AM-6PM, Su noon-5PM, closed M. $10, 0-2 Free ($2 suggested donation), 3-12 $7, Seniors/Military/Students with ID $8. Culture Pass Joint Ticket (admission to Alaska Native Heritage Center AND Anchorage Museum) $26.95 (free shuttle between both museums). The Anchorage Museum of History and Art has various traveling exhibits from around the country and the world, and a variety of local art, including pieces from Sydney Lawrence and Ray Troll. The museum also features an extensive exhibit on Alaskan history, and an expansion to be completed in 2009 will feature a children's museum and part of a Smithsonian collection of Alaska Native art.
- Anchorage Zoo, 4731 O'Malley Rd, ☎ +1 907 346-2133. A small, but charming zoo about 20 minutes from Downtown Anchorage. Visitors can see animals native to the Northern climates, such as Bald Eagles, Moose, Musk Oxen, Grizzlies, and a Polar Bear. A few animals have been rescued from the wild after sustaining life-threatening injuries that wouldn't enable them to survive on their own. There is a shuttle that runs from Downtown to the zoo during the summer several times a day.
Wildlife Viewing
The Anchorage area is home to moose, brown and black bears, Dall sheep, and many migratory bird species. A visitor should be able to find moose fairly easily by driving any neighborhood on Anchorage's Hillside (actually the foothills of the Chugach mountains). It is not uncommon to hear of bears being spotted in residential areas, but visitors who hope to see wild bears should plan excursions to either Denali or Katmai National Parks. Dall sheep, a species similar to the big-horn sheep found in the American Rockies, can often be spotted by driving down the Seward Highway south of Anchorage. A good way to spot sheep is to notice congregations of other tourists photographing them. A good place to view waterfowl and eagles is Potter's Marsh, located immediately south of Anchorage on the Seward Highway.
One of the best places to walk or bike to get to know Anchorage would have to be the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. Awesome views. Starting from downtown, it's a well maintained 14 mile paved track around the coast, with housing developments and forests on one side, and the ocean of Cook Inlet on the other. You can come back via an inland loop right around the airport. This has some on-road sections, but takes you past Lake Hood, a busy and interesting seaplane base. It's a very popular track for bikers and joggers during the summer months. If you don't have a car, a shuttle provides round-trip transportation between downtown and the trailhead for $22, Flattop Mountain Shuttle [14].
For a more challenging hike, drive east on O'Malley Road (south Anchorage) and follow signs for Glen Alps. There is a $5 day parking fee at the trail head. From this launching point there are numerous hiking options for all levels, including a climb up Flattop (Anchorage's most popular day hike, 1.5-3 hrs depending on your hiking ability. Note that there is a bit of scrambling over rocks at the end to reach the top of Flattop. In the fall the mountain is covered with wild blueberries), the "ballpark", Hidden Lake, Ship Lake Pass, etc. There is also a mountain biking trail leading up towards Powerline Pass. This is a great place to see moose in the summer and offers the best view of the city of Anchorage within a 5 minute walk of the parking lot (parking is free if you stay 30 minutes or less). All the trails are well maintained and there is little risk of being lost in the immediate area, however, for the maximum experience it's a good idea to bring water and plan your hike with a great guide such as "55 Ways to the Wilderness", Southcentral Alaska or Chugach State Park editions, available online or at any local Alaskan bookseller. In the fall, Flattop Mountain is covered with wild blueberries.
- Bike Easy Anchorage, 3703 Spenard Rd, ☎ +1 907 317-2415. 7AM-10PM. Anchorage's easiest bike rentals. All equipment delivered/picked up to/from you. $20/Day.
- Coastal Trail Rentals, LLC is on the shore of the Lake Hood Seaplane Base near the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage and minutes from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail [15]. You get the lowest pricing on bike rentals in Anchorage beginning @ $15 as well as an opportunity to go on guided mountain biking or paved trail tours. This is the only place in Anchorage to rent an electric-assist equipped bicycle which are also used for their one-of-a-kind tour of the "Bird to Gird" trail. Tours also offered for Kincaid Park if you'd like to mountain bike in Anchorage with a guide familiar with this incredible trail system. +1 907 301-2165 ...Complimentary airport shuttle to and from the Millennium Hotel by calling +1 907 243-2300...
- Downtown Bicycle Rental, Inc. Is on 4th Ave downtown two streets away from the start of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. You can get great pricing on bike rentals as well as excellent suggestions and advice on bicycle and hiking routes in and around Anchorage.
- The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage. Maintains and provide information on numerous nordic (cross-country) ski trails around town.
- Alyeska Resort. Is in Girdwood about 40 mi (64 km) south of Anchorage on the Seward Highway is Alaska's largest alpine (downhill) ski resort. Alyeska often has the highest annual snowfall of any ski area in North America and has a wide array of intermediate and expert terrain. Beginner terrain is fairly limited, but Alyeska has a fairly good ski and snowboard instruction program so it is not a bad place to learn.
- Hilltop Ski Area. Is in south Anchorage about 15 minutes from downtown. It is a fairly small area in the Chugach foothills with one chairlift and a surface lift and exclusively beginner terrain.
- Alpenglow at Arctic Valley. Is a volunteer operated resort with two chairlifts and a T-bar. While the terrain is not as steep as some of the expert-only terrain at Alyeska, it is not for beginners and the snow is often windblown and hard. Alpenglow offers free lift tickets for volunteers, and thus is a great option for ski bums and budget travelers.
- Hillberg Ski Area is on Elmendorf Airforce Base to the north of downtown Anchorage, and is technically open to the public. Civilians who don't have authorization to enter the base must be signed in and escorted by someone who does. Hillberg has only beginner terrain, but tends to have shorter lift lines than Hilltop making it a better option for people who can get access.
- Chugach Powder Guides. Offers helicopter and snow-cat skiing in the Chugach mountains with a professional guide for advanced intermediate to expert skiers and boarders.
Anchorage has three men's rugby teams that play from April to September. Want to pick up a game while you are here or join a team? Check the websites: Bird Creek Barbarians [16] or Anchorage Thunderbirds RFC [17].
- Anchorage Market and Festival. Sa Su (mid May-mid Sep) at 3rd Ave and E St (10AM-6PM), W (Jul-Aug) in the Northway Mall parking lot (11AM-5PM), Several hundred vendors offer all sorts of items in this large open air market. Items include fresh produce, fresh local seafood, prepared food, arts and crafts, souvenirs, etc. Some items could be found anywhere in the lower 48 but many items are truly Alaskan. Free.
- Dimond Center Mall, 800 E Dimond Blvd, ☎ +1 907 929-7108. The largest mall in the entire State of Alaska. Dimond Center also features an ice rink, movie theaters, and a bowling alley.
- Fifth Avenue Mall. Usually considered Anchorage's nicest mall, it is attached to the original JCPenney Building and it also has skywalk access to the only Nordstrom store in Alaska. There are 2 parking garages which are connected to the mall, The old JCPenney's garage on 6th avenue, via Penney's; and the 5th Avenue Mall Garage between 5th and 6th avenue
- Northern Lights Shopping Mall Strip mall anchored by Anchorage's only REI store and local independent book store, Title Wave.
There are also myriad touristy gift stores downtown. Quality and selection varies.
- M.A.'s Gourmet Dogs , 4th St & F St. "The Downtown Hotdog Guy". Highly popular hotdog kart located in the center of downtown Anchorage; loved by locals and tourists! For under $7 get a dog, chips, and drink. Recommend the reindeer sausage with onions!
- Kriner's Diner, +1 907 929-8257, 2409 C St. The newest diner, best eats (in giant proportions) for little money ($4 – $15 per person), from Ted's Big Breakfast to Jenne's Reindeer Sandwich to the homemade Giant Cinnamon Rolls, you can't go wrong. Its home cooking, the Alaskan way.
- Yak and Yeti, +1 907 743-8078, 3301 Spenard Road. Remarkably good Himalayan and Indian cuisine in Spenard. Five minutes from the airport.
- Hula Hands, +1 907 278-4852, 4630 Mountain View Drive. Good, cheap Hawaiian and Tongan food. Another location on Fireweed.
- Arctic Roadrunner, 5300 Old Seward Hwy, ☎ +1 907 561-1245. and 2477 Arctic Blvd, +1 907 279-7311. An Alaskan institution and consistently voted Anchorage's best burger. Kitschy Alaskana on the walls, including plaques and portraits of longtime Alaskans and longtime Arctic Roadrunner customers. Also try the halibut burger and homemade onion ring pieces. Cash only; "no checks since 1972."
- City Diner Run by local celebrity "Chef Al" Levinsohn, famous for his other restaurant in town (Kincaid Grill). City Diner has some of the best sandwiches in town; the monte cristo is to die for and the sliders are amazing.
- Gwennie's An Alaskan institution; must be seen to be understood. Down home Americana meets Alaska (think sourdough pancakes and reindeer sausage). Extremely touristy but also popular with the locals for good prices and big portions. Old-time Alaskan rusty things hanging on the walls.
- Taco King/Burrito King, 113 W Northern Lights Blvd #D, 3561 E Tudor Rd, 1330 Huffman Rd #C, 111 W 38th Ave, ☎ +1 907 276-7387, +1 907 868-761, +1 907 336-5601, +1 907 569-2900. 10AM-10PM. Possibly the best (and fastest) Mexican food in Anchorage (not saying a whole lot, but it holds its own against places closer to the border) and with insanely great (for Alaska) prices if you get the right thing. $6-8.
- The Lucky Wishbone, 1033 E 5th Ave, ☎ +1 907 272-3454. 10AM-10PM, closed Sun. An Anchorage standard famous for their pan-friend chicken but also serving one of the better burgers in town. Try their shakes too! $6-10.
- Tommy's Burger Stop 29th ave & Spenard. Routinely voted the best burgers and philly sandwiches in Anchorage.
- White Spot Cafe, 109 W 4th Ave (4th and A), ☎ +1 907 279-3954. The place is not much more than a small kitchen and a counter with room for 10 patrons. Arguably better burgers and definitely better halibut sandwiches than Arctic Roadrunner. Study the menu carefully before daring to order, or Sheri will put you in your place. The food is way worth the attitude, though. $.
- Big Al's Wings and Wings, 3807 Spenard Rd (at intersection with Minnesota Dr), ☎ +1 907 522-3388. 10AM-10PM. Wings and Things downtown, serving unique "Anchorage-style" wings, was a local institution for more than 20 years. Its sudden closure in August 2007 left a void in the hearts of tens of thousands of loyal customers. Big Al's, started by a former frequent Wings and Things customer and employing former Wings and Things employees, does a darn good job at attempting to fill the void. The chili powder-based dry rub and succulent, juicy wings are addicting. The other items on the menu don't disappoint, either—like the wings, the Philly cheesesteak is a unique and delicious twist on an otherwise familiar American staple. $9-12.
- Bear Tooth Theatrepub, 1230 W 27th Ave, ☎ +1 907 276-4200. A wonderful pizza location, similar to the Moose's Tooth described below (although the menu differs a bit). It also features a movie theater in which you can eat dinner (they deliver it right to your seat) and imbibe from the wide selection of microbrews and wines. It mainly plays art house films and those that have been released for some time. It's a great place to spend an evening before taking a red-eye flight out of Anchorage as it's quite close to the Anchorage airport. Buy tickets in advance on the weekends—it can be very busy. The attached Bear Tooth Grill offers very different but equally delicious choices in a more traditional bar/grill restaurant setting.
- Glacier BrewHouse, 5th Ave between H and G St, ☎ +1 907 274-BREW (2739). A very popular place to eat in downtown Anchorage. Wide selection of food, impressive selection of beers from their brewery. Hard to go wrong with this one if you're looking for a place to eat downtown.
- Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, 3300 Old Seward Hwy, ☎ +1 907 258-2537. Near New Seward and 36th. Brews their own beer and makes some fantastic pizza (all-ages welcome). Good atmosphere and walls covered with memorabilia about Alaska and beer. Can be busy. Frequently has outdoor concerts during the summer on the first Thursday of every month ("first tap" is age 21+). Must-go if you like beer. Has vegetarian selections. Medium prices; it's possible to save by splitting a large pizza. Menu and beer list online.
- Solstice Bar & Grill, 720 W 5th Ave (between H and G Sts), ☎ +1 907 276-7676. While not as popular as Glacier BrewHouse, Solstice Bar & Grill offers meals of a similar quality for a slightly cheaper price. Located in the lobby level of the Westmark Hotel (almost directly across from the BrewHouse), this restaurant can get quite busy during the summer breakfast and dinner times, as Westmark plays host to a number of cruise line guests (its parent company is Holland America Line).
- Southside Bistro, 1320 Huffman Park Dr (in the far south end of town), ☎ +1 907 348-0088. Fresh seafood and innovative preparations of meats and lighter fare make this a great stop for those heading south or those wanting to get away from the hustle of the touristy areas. Bar with microbrews and a good wine list.
- Snow City Cafe, 1034 W 4th Ave, ☎ +1 907 272-2489. Open for breakfast and lunch only, except on Wednesdays when there is an excellent Irish jam (and sometimes dance!) from 7PM-11PM. There is often a long wait for a table and for good reason, food is fresh and affordable, breakfast is available all day and there are plenty of hearty fares for the health-conscious. If you're not health-conscious, the macaroni and cheese is to die for!
- Crow's Nest, 4th and K (top floor of Hotel Captain Cook), ☎ +1 907 276-6000. AAA four-diamond rating and Wine Spectator awards. Seafood, "French and American" cuisine. View of entire city and Chugach Mountains. Definitely a splurge. Wine sommelier on staff; 10,000 bottle cellar. Dress code: Business casual. Good place to impress a date.
- Jens, 701 W 36th Ave (in a strip mall at 36th and Arctic next to a Scandinavian furniture store), ☎ +1 907 561-5367. A superb menu of Alaskan seafood with a twist, Danish specialties, and French classics that changes daily. Bar and good wine selection.
- ORSO Ristorante, 5th Ave between H and G Sts, ☎ +1 907 222-3232. Located right next to and owned by the same company as Glacier BrewHouse, this restaurant offers higher-priced meals inspired by traditional Italian fare. Located in the same block as a number of art galleries and smaller boutique shops, one can keep occupied while waiting (which in the summer season, is typical).
- Simon and Seafort's, 420 L St (end of downtown near the coastal trail), ☎ +1 907 274-3502. Semi-fancy seafood restaurant and bar. On the expensive side, but it's worth it to get some of the best seafood in Alaska (and being Anchorage, there's no dress code). They also have excellent non-seafood selections and a great lunch menu. You can also see the sunset over the water by the window. Menus online.
- Ginger, 425 W 5th Ave, ☎ +1 907 929-3680. New restaurant. Trendy, modern, upscale dining. Sort of an Asian-Alaskan fusion, with things like wasabi mashed potatoes. Extensive saki list. Try the fries for an appetizer; they're freshly made and delicious.
In Girdwood (45 minutes south):
- Double Musky Inn, 3 Crow Creek Rd, ☎ +1 907 783-2822. Mile. The Double Musky has Alaska's best Cajun cuisine with a local seafood slant. They have a "rustic yet formal" (but still no dress code) atmosphere. It is a great place to take a date, not just for the great food but also for the beautiful drive south along the coast. Also very warming after a day at the local Alyeska Ski Area.
Anchorage has many, many bars. Bars must close by 2:30AM M-F, 3AM Sa & Su under municipal law. Bars can stay open until 5AM in the cities of Palmer and Wasilla, about 45 minutes north. Anchorage also probably has more micro-breweries per capita than anywhere else (except maybe Portland, OR).
All bars and restaurants in Anchorage are non-smoking.
- Bernie's Bungalow Lounge, 626 D St (between 6th and 7th; across the street from Nordstrom's entrance), +1 907 276-8808, [18]. This is a fashionable and friendly "martini-and-cigar" type of place. Good place to sit outside on the lawn in the summer, or to go upstairs to the Paradise Room for a fancy place to have a drink (although the upstairs is often booked for private gatherings). It's popular with well-dressed young people and businesspeople (during the daytime). The evening crowd is generally younger and the bar is embracing a larger hip-hop crowd. Usually busiest after midnight.
- Chilkoot Charlie's, 1071 W 25th Ave (in Spenard), ☎ +1 907 279-1692. This is the largest bar within about 1,400 miles (2200 km). It's a huge spot that is always busy on weekends. The outside facade is deceptively small - there is a map on their website to navigate through all 10+ bars. There is usually at least one band playing every night (and usually a cover charge). Popular place to pick up dates, if you can hear above the noise.
- Darwin's Theory, 426 G St, ☎ +1 907 277-5322. A quintessential "dive bar," Darwin's is popular with the locals. If you're interested in avoiding the generic tourist watering holes, Darwin's will wet your whistle. It's just a basic corner bar.
- Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse, 610 W 6th Ave, ☎ +1 907 276-BEER (2337). Humpy's has dozens of beers on tap and a great pub food selection (esp. seafood) until midnight. It's popular with just about everyone. Beer-battered halibut—yum!
- Also see "Glacier BrewHouse" and "Moose's Tooth" under "Eat."
- Alaska Backpackers Inn and Hostel (Hostelling International Anchorage), 327 Eagle St, ☎ +1 907 277-2770. Dorm beds $25, single private $50, double private $60.
- Bent Prop Inn and Hostel Downtown, 700 H St, ☎ +1 907 276-3635, e-mail: email@example.com. Check-in: 4 pm, check-out: 12 noon. This hostel is located one block from the downtown transit center (served by all PeopleMover routes except 1) and about seven blocks from the Alaska Railroad Station. Close walking distance to many downtown restaurants, coffee shops, and shopping venues. 30 USD dorm bunk 72 USD private room.
- Arctic Adventure Hostel, 337 W 33rd Ave, ☎ +1 907 562-5700. Check-out: noon. Quiet Location, clean, friendly, modern and well-equipped kitchen, free tea and coffee, free pancake breakfast, Wifi, ample secure parking, close to Walmart. dorms $24, private rooms $48.
- Earth Bed & Breakfast, 1001 W 12th Ave, ☎ +1 907 279-9907, fax: +1 907 279-9862, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Located in Downtown Anchorage, caters to mountain climbers, fishermen, photographers and other adventurers from across the globe. Continental breakfast is served daily daily from 7AM-9AM. Rooms start at $59.
- Spenard Hostel International, 2845 W 42nd Pl, ☎ +1 907 248-5036, fax: +1 907 248-5036, e-mail: email@example.com. 9AM-1PM (Summer), 7PM-11PM (Summer and Winter). This hostel is a bit of a way out of the center of town but is a really clean and friendly environment compared to the inner-city alternative. The staff is helpful, and you can help them around the hostel to earn a free night there if need be. It is serviced by PeopleMover route 7.
- Comfort Inn, 111 West Ship Creek Ave, ☎ +1 907 277-6887, fax: +1 970 274 9830. Convenient location easy walking distance from the creek, the railroad, the weekend market and the downtown area. Courtesy bus to the airport.
- Homewood Suites by Hilton, 101 W 48th Ave, ☎ +1 907 762-7000, fax: +1 970 762-8000. Near Downtown Anchorage and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
- Motel 6 Anchorage - Midtown, 5000 A St, ☎ +1 907 677-8000, fax: +1 907 677-8640. According to the general manager, this one has the distinction of being the most expensive Motel 6 in the country, if not the world, during the peak summer season (2007 rates started at $139 per night).
- Puffin Inn of Anchorage, 4400 Spenard Rd, ☎ +1 907 243-4044. Bed and Breakfast
- Jarvi Homestay, 14321 Jarvi Dr, ☎ +1 907 561-3349. When you want to appreciate Anchorage without concrete and crowds, try "a healthy way to stay". Calm, peaceful, low key. Great breakfasts, too.
- Anchorage Marriott Downtown, 820 W 7th Ave, ☎ +1 907 279-8000, fax: +1 907 279-8005.
- Hotel Captain Cook, 4th & K, ☎ +1 907 276-6000, toll-free: +1-800-843-1950.
- Dimond Center Hotel, 700 E Dimond Blvd, ☎ +1 907 770-5000. 3 stars
Stay safe[edit]
Anchorage is a very safe city for its size. The murder rate is very low.
Certain areas in the north east of the city (Mountain View, north of the Glenn Highway and east of Merrill Field airport) and central (Fairview, 6th to 15th Avenue, east of Ingra) have higher crime than other spots, though they are mostly run-down residential areas and there is little reason for a tourist to be there.
Also, areas around the airport like Spenard are known for increased drug activity and prostitution. In earlier times, the downtown area around 4th Avenue was like that, but a concerted effort over the last eight years has cleaned it up mostly.
A constant problem is car break-ins at parking lots. Do not make any valuables visible.
The trails close to and around the university are unsafe when it is dark. During the colder months, there are increased attacks on females going to and from the housing and library.
Also, stay a good distance away from the moose. Although they may appear harmless, they can and will protect their young ones from people, and can charge if they feel cornered or threatened. Never approach them, as they are best viewed from a distance.
Still, if you follow precautions like everywhere else, you will be safe.
- Canada, 310 K St Ste 200, ☎ +1 907 264-6734, fax: +1 907 264-6713.
- Denmark (Honorary), 425 G St Ste 610, ☎ +1 907 276-1221, fax: +1 907 258-7329, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Mexico, 610 C St, ☎ +1 907 334-9573.
Go next[edit]
There are only two roads out of Anchorage, the Seward Highway which goes south to the Kenai Peninsula, and the Glenn Highway which goes northeast to Glennallen and continues as the Tok Cutoff to Tok where it ends at the Alaska Highway. The Glenn Highway junctions with the George Parks Highway about 35 miles north of Anchorage, continuing northwest to Denali National Park and Fairbanks. Driving from Anchorage to Fairbanks usually takes 6–8 hours (356 miles) and driving from Anchorage to Seattle, WA usually takes at least 3 days.
The Alaska Railroad [19] offers daily service between Anchorage/Seward, Anchorage/Whittier, and Anchorage/Fairbanks during the summer. The Anchorage/Fairbanks run (Aurora) offers flag drop service between Talkeetna and Hurricane - it is the only railroad in the U.S. that will pick you up if you flag the train from the side of the tracks.
There are numerous small plane flying services which have scheduled flights to small villages, or the capacity to charter flights to different villages. For travel to villages outside of the south central region it is usually cheaper to take a regular commercial flight to the appropriate regional hub (Bethel, Unalakleet, Dillingham, Unalaska, Kotzebue, Nome, Barrow, Fairbanks, or Juneau) and arrange to fly from there to your destination.
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What Is Textualism?Caleb NelsonUniversity of Virginia School of Law Virginia Law Review, Vol. 91, April 2005 Abstract: In discussions of statutory interpretation, people often suggest that textualists and intentionalists have fundamentally different goals: intentionalists try to identify the subjective intent of the enacting legislature, while textualists care only about the objective meaning of the statutory text. This distinction, however, is far less helpful than the rhetoric on both sides suggests. To begin with, the distinction itself is exaggerated; judges whom we think of as textualists construct their sense of objective meaning from what the evidence that they are willing to consider tells them about the subjective intent of the enacting legislature. Many textualists do impose more restrictions than the typical intentionalist on the evidence of intent that they are willing to consider, but those restrictions need not reflect any fundamental disagreement about the goals of interpretation. In any event, whatever disagreements may exist on this score do not account for the most significant differences between textualism and intentionalism. Thus, even when there is no useful legislative history on some question of interpretation (and hence no intrinsic reason for the objective meaning sought by textualists to diverge from the subjective intent sought by intentionalists), one can still expect to observe systematic differences between the results reached by textualists and the results reached by intentionalists. For people seeking to describe how textualism and intentionalism really differ, the familiar distinction between rules and standards is a more productive starting point than the distinction between objective meaning and subjective intent. Within certain constraints, all mainstream interpreters seek the meaning intended by the enacting legislature. As a methodological matter, however, textualists seem to believe that a relatively rule-based approach to interpretation is likely to bring judges closer to that goal than the more holistic techniques favored by intentionalists. As a normative matter, moreover, textualists are more likely than intentionalists to resolve uncertainties in favor of ruleness; when the meaning intended by the enacting legislature is concededly unclear, it is unusual for intentionalists to settle upon a more rule-like interpretation than textualists. Without regard to any purported disagreement about the goals of interpretation, these twin differences are capable of generating most of the divide that we currently observe. Number of Pages in PDF File: 82 Keywords: Textualism, textualist, statutory interpretation, rules, legislative intent, objective meaning Date posted: October 19, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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ABC News Moves Pensylvania, Minnesota from 'Safe' to 'Lean' Obama
(WASHINGTON) -- With one week to go, states that were once considered Obama strongholds now look less solid. Republican groups are putting resources into Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Team Obama brushes off these incursions as wishful thinking by Republicans, but noticeably they are putting money and muscle into both states. Minnesota has been added to Bill Clinton's schedule. And, Obama campaign officials admitted that they will once again start running ads in Pennsylvania, another state in which Gov. Romney is surging.
So, what is happening in Minnesota? Demographics. As our ABC/Washington Post poll has shown, Romney has a substantial lead among white men. Minnesota is one of the least diverse states in the country with 90 percent of the electorate in 2008 made of white voters. In other Midwestern states with small minority populations, like Iowa and Wisconsin, the Obama campaign has flooded the airwaves for months with anti-Romney ads. They have done nothing of the sort in Minnesota.
Moreover, the airwaves in states like Ohio and Virginia are already heavily saturated. The ground game is now key in those places. That means that SuperPAC's with lots of money can get a better return on their investment on the airwaves in places like Pennsylvania and Minnesota than in the eight battleground states where the campaigns have been most heavily engaged.
Safe Obama: 207
Lean Obama: 30 – Pennsylvania (20); Minnesota (10)
Safe Romney: 191
Lean Romney: 15 – North Carolina
Toss Up: 95 – NV (6), CO (9), IA (6), WI (10), OH (18), VA (13), FL (29), NH (4)
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Interviewed by Personal Democracy Forum Podcast
Submitted by kentbye on Thu, 2005-05-19 15:10. EchoChamberProject | Journalism | KentBye | Podcast | PRI pitched my project to Brian Reich, the official Personal Democracy Forum podcaster, and we sat down for a quick 11-minute chat about the state of the Press and how I plan on applying emerging new media trends to the production of The Echo Chamber documentary.
They're technically unsyndicated MP3s as opposed to RSS-embedded podcasts, but here are links to the interview & MP3 files:
Blog Philosophy -- Roadblocks of Overintellectualizing
Submitted by kentbye on Tue, 2005-05-10 08:57. Blog | Communications | EchoChamberProject | Podcast | PR | Skype | WebsiteI went through my first big blogging dryspell throughout the month of April. I have been writing all of these really long and intellectually dense blog entries in the name of planning out the theories for a new paradigm of journalism.
The lesson? People want to see a proof of concept -- Theory is too abstract and -- well, theoretical. I've had a ton of people say to me, "You know, I try to read you blog, but it's just too confusing. I don't know what you're talking about."
I would usually discard these criticisms by saying, "Well, I'm trying to reach a specialized audience of the movers and shakers of the New Media movement." And then when I actually got to talk face-to-face with a lot of these technologists at SXSW I realized that they understand me when I talk to them face-to-face, but that they still aren't gleaning some of the major ideas from my writing.
Networking at SXSW Interactive
Submitted by kentbye on Fri, 2005-03-18 19:08. Communications | Conference | EchoChamberProject | Ecosystem | KentBye | New Media | PRI was able to get the word out about The Echo Chamber to a lot of people who have "social capital" in the blogosphere. My primary audience was the panelist participants, but I also found myself in many engaging conversations with people in the hallways and parties.
I was able to met a lot of great people out at SxSW, and I'm still digesting all of the different panels and post-conference Activist Technology discussion that I was invited to attend. It was a day-long gathering of activist digerati designed to build community and bridge the gap between Activists and Technologists.
I took a ton of written notes throughout the week, and I am trying to figure out the most efficient and quickest way to manage this knowledge for myself -- as well as disseminate it if possible. I'm hoping to go over my notes, make some audio recordings, and then some do some blog posts about it.
Pitching The Echo Chamber at SxSW
Submitted by kentbye on Fri, 2005-03-18 18:56. Collaboration | Communications | Conference | EchoChamberProject | Ecosystem | KentBye | New Media | PRI must have pitched The Echo Chamber Project over 50 times over the last week at the SxSW Interactive Conference. I learned something new each time that I talked to someone about it because either new questions were asked or I adapted how I was speaking based upon the verbal and non-verbal feedback that I was receiving from them.
It is A LOT easier to pitch my project to people face-to-face, and by the end of the week I was able to convey the scope and relevance of my project relatively quickly and to many different people.
Here's the latest version of my pitch, and I'm sure that it'll continue to evolve over time:
Hitting the Radar Screen of the New Media Movement
Submitted by kentbye on Fri, 2005-03-04 16:47. Conference | Decentralization | EchoChamberProject | Ecosystem | New Media | PRThe Echo Chamber Project has hit the radar screens of some of the leaders of the New Media movement. Rebecca MacKinnon posted a link to my New Media Ecosystem and Dave Weinberger picks it up.
Here's an e-mail that I just sent to Rebecca.
- Thanks Rebecca.
I orginally wanted to get my ideas to the people at this conference through you speaking to them, but I know that it'll get to them through these two blog posts.
Not only that, but these blog posts will trickle down to everyone else who is concerned about New Media issues.
Discussion with Transparent Journalist David Berlind
Submitted by kentbye on Mon, 2005-02-07 19:11. Credibility | EchoChamberProject | Journalism | New Media | PR | Theory | TransparencyThis David Weinberger post directed me to ZDNet's executive editor David Berlind's Media Transparency Channel.
Berlind is attempting make the process of journalism more transparent by posting the complete audio of his interviews. A few weeks ago, I e-mailed Berlind a blog press release containing details of this open source documentary project. He responded to my e-mail this weekend, and I replied with a short e-mail pitch and suggested that he give me a call so that we can talk more about The Echo Chamber. He just called and we talked for about 90 minutes about challenges of transparency and the future of journalism.
Citizen Journalism at PRWatch
Submitted by kentbye on Fri, 2005-02-04 18:29. Blog | CivicSpace | Decentralization | EchoChamberProject | Journalism | New Media | PR | Website | WikiPRWatch.org is starting to do some more collaborative journalism, such as this discovery of photoshopped propaganda found by a volunteer citizen journalist in Spain.
This pro-Liberation photo is of a US soldier holding an Iraqi child with the added caption of "She's glad he's there. Are you?" This citizen journalist finds another version of the same scene that has a caption that says that the girl is actually a boy, and that his mother had just killed by crossfire.
Using Blogs to Supplement a Direct Marketing Campaign
Submitted by kentbye on Thu, 2005-01-20 16:42. Blog | Communications | Credibility | EchoChamberProject | Film | PR | SundanceI've been conducting an experiment over the last week to test how blogging can supplement a mini-marketing blitz directed at a specialized target audience.
Within 4 working days, I was able to contact the moderator of a Sundance Docs & Blogs panel discussion, contact and receive a response from all of the panelists, and receive an e-mail response from the editor-in-chief of indieWIRE who had just commented on his blog that "there is so much going on that the competition for attention is fierce."
New Advisor -- Dr. Andrew R. Cline
Submitted by kentbye on Thu, 2005-01-13 17:54. Advisor | EchoChamberProject | Journalism | Open Source | Status | TransparencyThe Echo Chamber Project has secured its first advisor from the Academic world.
Dr. Andrew R. Cline is an assistant professor of journalism at Southwest Missouri State University and a specialist in rhetorical analysis and web-based journalism.
Cline has agreed to provide his journalistic and rhetorical insights throughout the post-production process of The Echo Chamber documentary. Specifically, he will provide comments on The Echo Chamber interview transcripts and give feedback throughout the treatment, scripting, and editing phases of this independent film.
Back from the Holidays
Submitted by kentbye on Mon, 2005-01-10 19:59. EchoChamberProject | Status | ToDoI have returned from my three-week holiday hiatus and travel to Indianapolis (family) and San Francisco (friends). I'm starting to reply to e-mails and get back into full gear.
I had a number of meetings of the break to receive feedback on my business plan, and one of the items on the To Do List is to try to integrate all of the feedback into the next version of the business plan.
Another priority on the list is to continue searching for a producer and other advisors for the project.
I had a chance to read through some of the 25 completed transcripts that I have received, and I've started brainstorming how to piece everything together. Another upcoming challenge is to condense the essence of the project into a four to five-minute trailer.


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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Missouri man has been found guilty of interstate stalking for driving to Maine with a car full of guns intending to kill his estranged wife. Benjamin Lee was convicted Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland after a five-day trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The 52-year-old Lee, of Springfield, Mo., was arrested last September after he was spotted driving past his estranged wife's Limerick home. Police say they found five guns and ammunition, a machete, a bayonet, handcuffs, duct tape, rubber gloves, camouflage face paint and other items in his car. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/14dSxk3 ) reports that Lee's attorney said his client only made threats when he was under the influence of "extremely high doses of prescription medication" as a result of a car crash. ___ Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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